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Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Cat Elbow Corner (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Cat Elbow Corner. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Cat Elbow Corner ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Cat Elbow Corner: Cat Elbow Cor. (or less commonly used: Cat Elbow Crn.)
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northwest corner of their home county. During their lives, most hospitals were in the next county to the west. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the west contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Cat Elbow Corner is located in Seneca County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Seneca County: Cayuga, Ontario, Schuyler, Tompkins, Wayne & Yates.
Below are the counties that are near Cat Elbow Corner. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Cat Elbow Corner:
- Seneca County (The home county of Cat Elbow Corner)
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Interlaken
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Interlaken is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Interlaken
- Population from the 2020 Census: 599 people
- Former names for Interlaken:
- Farmer Village
- Farmer
- Farmerville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Interlaken <1>
- Ovid
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Willard
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Kidders
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Kidders is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kidders
- Romulus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the north)
- East Varick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- East Varick is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Varick
- Kuneytown
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
- Kuneytown is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kuneytown
- Canoga
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Canoga is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoga
- Border City
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Border City is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Border City
- Waterloo
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Seneca Falls
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Atwaters
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Atwaters is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Atwaters
- Willets
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Willets is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willets
- Black Rock
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Black Rock is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Black Rock
- Ledyard
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Ledyard is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ledyard
- Aurora
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Poplar Ridge
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- East Genoa is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Genoa
- Sherwood
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Sherwood is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sherwood
- Scipioville
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Scipioville is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scipioville
- Locke
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
- Union Springs
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the north)
- Cascade
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Cascade is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade
- Chemung County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Millport
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Pine Valley
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Post Creek
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Post Creek is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Post Creek
- Sullivanville
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Sullivanville is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sullivanville
- Pioneer Village
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Pioneer Village is located in Chemung County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer Village
- Erin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Horseheads
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Big Flats
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Elmira Heights
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Van Etten
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Ontario County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Billsboro
(18 miles [29 km] to the north)
- Billsboro is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Billsboro
- Hall
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Gorham
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Geneva
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the north)
- Dobbins Corner is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dobbins Corner
- Flint
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Flint is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Flint
- Seneca Castle
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Cottage City is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cottage City
- Melvin Hill
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Melvin Hill is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Melvin Hill
- Woodville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Woodville is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- West Junius
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- West Junius is located in Ontario County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Junius
- Naples
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Schuyler County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- Searsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Bennettsburg
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Bennettsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bennettsburg
- Burdett
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Perry City
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
- North Reading
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Mecklenburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Watkins Glen
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Watkins Glen is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Watkins Glen
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,851 people
- Former names for Watkins Glen:
- Jefferson
- Salubria
- Watkins
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Watkins Glen <1>
- Montour Falls
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Cayutaville
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Cayutaville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayutaville
- Steuben County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Keuka
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
- Keuka is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keuka
- Catawba
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Catawba is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Catawba
- Bradford
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- South Pulteney
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- South Pulteney is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Pulteney
- Urbana
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Urbana is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Urbana
- Hammondsport
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Sonora is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sonora
- South Bradford
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- South Bradford is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Bradford
- Hornby
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Hornby is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hornby
- Prattsburgh
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Prattsburgh is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prattsburgh
- Pleasant Valley
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Cold Springs
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Cold Springs is located in Steuben County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cold Springs
- Tioga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- North Spencer
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- North Spencer is located in Tioga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Spencer
- Spencer
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Tompkins County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Trumansburg
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
- Taughannock Falls is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Taughannock Falls
- Jacksonville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacksonville
- Lake Ridge
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lake Ridge is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Ridge
- Willow Creek
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Willow Creek is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willow Creek
- Myers
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Myers is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Myers
- Ithaca
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Lansing
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- North Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Lansing
- Newfield
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga Heights
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Cayuga Heights is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cayuga Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,526 people
- East Lansing
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- East Lansing is located in Tompkins County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Lansing
- Yates County
- The following are listed by their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Glenora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Himrod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Barrington
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
- Barrington is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrington
- Dresden
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northwest)
- Seneca Mills is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Mills
- Penn Yan
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Keuka Park
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Angus
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
- Angus is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Angus
- Bellona
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Benton Center is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Benton Center
- Yatesville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
- Yatesville is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yatesville
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Cat Elbow Corner, see our County-by-County Page for Cat Elbow Corner.
Cemeteries Near Cat Elbow Corner ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Cat Elbow Corner.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Cat Elbow Corner - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Cat Elbow Corner covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Valois Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the west)
- Hector Presbyterian Church Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Cronk Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- West Lodi Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Townsendville Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
- Starkey Methodist Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Lakemont Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Old Baptist Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Old Presbyterian Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Stream Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsville Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Covert Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Continue List (445 more) ...
- Raplee Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jones Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- McNeal Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find Cat Elbow Corner in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Cat Elbow Corner.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Cat Elbow Corner, with the one closest to Cat Elbow Corner listed first.
- Lodi Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- Lodi Center is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lodi Center
- Hector
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Townsendville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Townsendville is located in Seneca County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Townsendville
- Starkey
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Starkey is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Starkey
- Glenora
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Glenora is located in Yates County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenora
- Logan
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
- Logan is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Logan
- East Steamburg
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- East Steamburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Steamburg
- Lodi
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Searsburg
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Searsburg is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Searsburg
- Dundee
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Rock Stream
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Reynoldsville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Reynoldsville is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Reynoldsville
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Himrod
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- North Reading
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- North Reading is located in Schuyler County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Reading
- Reading Center
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Cat Elbow Corner. See our List of 1890's Communities around Cat Elbow Corner.
Newspapers Published in Cat Elbow Corner ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 88 newspapers that have been published in the area around Cat Elbow Corner.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Cat Elbow Corner, there are papers which were published within 18 miles [29 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Cat Elbow Corner.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Cat Elbow Corner:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Seneca County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Chemung County
- Ontario County
- Schuyler County
- Steuben County
- Tioga County
- Tompkins County
- Yates County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cat Elbow Corner, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Cat Elbow Corner) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |